Pastor Dr Ralph Key to end tenure at First Presbyterian
Dr Ralph W. Key, longtime pastor of Bridgeport's First Presbyterian Church, will resign to join the Biblical Seminary faculty in New York City starting Oct 1. He retires after a decade at the church and 23 years teaching at the seminary, planning to live in lower Fairfield County and commute. The congregation meets June 8 to name a pulpit committee.
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Capital Airlines Viscount Skids at La Guardia
A Capital Airlines Viscount jet skidded on a slick La Guardia runway but landed safely in the grass. No injuries were reported. The plane carrying 44 passengers arrived from Detroit and Milwaukee and sustained no damage.
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Weather overview for Bridgeport and vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a high near 78. Tonight fair and cooler, low 38 to 45. Tuesday outlook calls for increasing cloudiness, warmer with showers late in the day, high around 70s. Winds west to northwest 2 mph.
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Italy votes in heavy turnout for postwar parliament
Italians across the country cast ballots in a high turnout election for a new Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Police and soldiers manned 55,000 polling stations with few disturbances. Awaiting results, leaders from the Communist and Christian Democrat parties urged positions on NATO bases and minority government risks.
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Mystery Grows in Probe New Jersey Nike Blast
The Nike explosion mystery deepens as investigators report finding the triggering device attached near the ground at the explosion site. Army and other officials study wreckage from the missile base ring around New York City to determine the cause of the tragedy in Middletown New Jersey.
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Ryan Announces Candidacy For Governor
State Senator Theodore Ryan, 2 term leader in the Senate, announced his bid for the Republican nomination for governor. He sent letters to GOP delegates urging support ahead of the June 16-17 Hartford convention and has been endorsed by Republican town committees in multiple towns of the 11th Senatorial district in Litchfield County. He pledged an aggressive campaign and said the coming election requires a strong candidate.
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Artifacts Found on Nell's Island by Connecticut Archeology Group
Bridgeport Connecticut Archeological Society chapter held its first dig at Nell's Island Devon with 16 members uncovering arrow points an Indian hearth stone and bones before rain ended the session. Bones likely animal remains from historic Native activity. hearth stones formed a campfire grouping. Artifacts become the finder’s property but must be shown to the society for exhibits. Also Danbury reports skin diver Joseph Piskura 27 Bethel was rescued from Candlewood Lake by fellow divers after exhaustion and revived then released from Danbury Hospital. Companions Edward Abdella Frank Trefeltie and Andrew Repko aided him along with state police and Danbury officers.
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Features for Everybody In Telegram Every Day Angelo Patri
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Rev Ganley 68 Dies at Hartford Hospital
The Rev Joseph A Ganley 68 pastor of St Charles Roman Catholic church died in Hartford hospital after a month with ill health He was born in Bethel and educated at St Thomas seminary Louvain Belgium He served 17 years at St Augustine's Bethel and organized Holy Name society and Boy Scout Troop 22 Official services to be held with Pontifical Mass of Requiem and burial in St Mary's Bethel Cemetery
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Youth Dies in Crash After Dance Date
William P. Casey a 17 year old Norfolk junior died minutes after leaving a school dance. Police say he may have fallen asleep at the wheel as his car crossed the center line on Route 44 near Norfolk and crashed into a tree before bursting into flames.
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Seven drown while aiding surf trapped child near Rockport
Seven people on a Rockport Texas beach were swept into deep water while attempting to rescue a trapped youngster. Five of the victims were children, and an Air Force chaplain and a mother of a child also died. An Air Force priest and Wayne Bailey, an airman, identified family members, and authorities could not yet determine all identities as rescue teams pulled others from the water. The crowd swelled to thousands near the Gulf of Mexico as officials noted a single deep spot along a normally shallow beach. Rockport lies about 35 miles northeast of Corpus Christi.
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May Day Rain Dampens Bridgeport Area Weather Summary
Rain dampened May Day in the Bridgeport area with .77 inch recorded between 11:30 a.m. and 7:15 p.m. at the U.S. Weather Bureau station in Stratford. Heaviest shower occurred 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Total May rainfall 4.07 inches, above the 3.60 inch average, contributing to a wet year with 5.68 inches total so far, amid monthly variances from normal inches.
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Greek Cypriot Leftist Shot Dead Near Nicosia
A Greek Cypriot leftist was killed at Pera Village, 15 miles west of Nicosia. The slaying, blamed on the underground organization jooks, marks the third killing in three days.
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Man Burns Churches Over Dog Barred From Church
A QS year-old man Isaac Wilson confessed to setting fires at two church buildings after he was denied bringing his dog to services. Police seized him on a third West Side church steps with loily rags and newspapers. The Christ Temple Church suffered total loss with $100,000 damage. a four story Gothic church building, now a manufacturing plant, incurred about $30,000 damage. The fires required 68 fire units, about a third of Chicago's apparatus.
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